Band 6 Substance Misuse Nurse - Part Time - Chelmsford

Band 6 Substance Misuse Nurse - Part Time - Chelmsford

Permanent£12,801.06

Are you a confident, compassionate nurse ready to make a real impact in substance misuse recovery?

We’re recruiting a Part-Time Band 6 Substance Misuse Nurse in Chelmsford (12 hours per week) to join a dedicated multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality care in a residential service in Chelmsford.

You’ll play a key role in supporting individuals with complex drug and alcohol needs, delivering evidence-based care, leading clinically, and helping shape recovery journeys in line with the NMC Code and best practice guidelines.

What you’ll be doing

• Delivering high-quality nursing assessments, care planning, implementation and evaluation for substance-dependent clients
• Managing a caseload with autonomy and strong clinical accountability
• Administering and overseeing safe medicines management, including risk-based decision making
• Working closely within a multidisciplinary team to ensure seamless, person-centred care
• Undertaking risk assessments across clinical, safeguarding and behavioural areas
• Supporting service development, clinical audits and continuous improvement
• Acting up and providing leadership support in the absence of senior clinicians

 

What we’re looking for

• Registered Nurse (RGN/RMN) with experience in substance misuse, mental health or complex care
• Confident working independently in a high-responsibility clinical setting
• Strong understanding of risk management, safeguarding and clinical governance
• Passion for recovery-focused, trauma-informed care
• Leadership potential with the ability to support and supervise junior staff

 

What you’ll gain

• Opportunity to develop leadership skills in a supportive team
• Involvement in training, supervision and service improvement
• A chance to make a lasting difference in recovery journeys every day

You’ll be joining a values-driven team within The Forward Trust, working to transform lives affected by addiction.

If you’re ready to bring clinical excellence, compassion and leadership to a rewarding specialist role, we’d love to hear from you.

Please see attached Job Description for full details

About Us

We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits - 

• Flexible working
• Training and development opportunities
• Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
  
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme 
• Cycle to work scheme
• Crisis Loan Scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
• Access to Blue Light Card
• 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays 
• Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter 
• Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary) 
• Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)

Diversity at Forward Trust

The Forward Trust commits to providing opportunities to everyone. We want to ensure we have a diverse team with a range of lived and professional experiences. This includes those with ‘Lived Experience’ of addiction, offending, or homelessness.

When we recruit, we welcome applications from everyone. This is inclusive of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion and/or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity and socio-economic background. Where operationally possible, we will consider flexible working requests and make reasonable adjustments for all roles.

To find out more about Forward’s commitment to being an inclusive employer and our current EDI strategy click here.  

Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work

Dependent on role you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, details of which will be shared with you at interview.

If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the ‘Eligibility to Work in the UK’ requirements.

 

Our Commitment to Safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults at risk. Forward Trust follow safer recruitment practices and support a culture of openness and accountability.